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The Effect of Upper Limb Loading During Partial Body Weight Support Treadmill Training in Children With Cerebral Palsy

NCT05444387 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2022-07-05

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Summary

Objectives:

To look for the effect of upper limb loading with external weights during partial body weight support treadmill training on gait speed, gait endurance and trunk control.

Hypothesis:

Investigator's hypothesis is that loading the upper limb with 1 lb. external weights during partial body weight support treadmill training is more effective than partial body weight support treadmill training without loading of the upper limbs in improving gait speed, gait endurance and trunk control.

Conditions

  • Cerebral Palsy

Interventions

OTHER

Upper limb loading

1 lb. external weight will be wrapped around both wrists during partial body weight support treadmill training. The partial body weight support treadmill training will be given for a maximum of 30 minutes and will finish earlier if the child asked to stop, or if the child stopped stepping. Body weight support will be systematically reduced, walking speed will be progressively increased over the training period, upright standing posture will be emphasized and normal kinematic components of the gait cycle will be facilitated during the training session. The training protocol for the current study will consist of 2 training sessions per weeks with at least one day in between and will last for 6 weeks.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Alya Abdelghafour Alkhajeh

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Fatma Hegazy · UOS

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
4 Years
Max Age
8 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-07-01
Primary Completion
2022-09-01
Completion
2022-10-01

Countries

  • United Arab Emirates

Study Locations

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